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APPLICATION FILED JULY )3, I917. 1,6,609. Patented Feb.19,1918.

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JULIEN STRANDERS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOB T0 ATLANTIC LITHO- GRAPHIC AND PRINTING COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK:

DISPLAY-CONTAINER.

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Application filed July 13, 1917. Serial No. 180,254.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIEN STRANDERS, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing in Brooklyn, New York, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display-Containers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to display containers for displaying small articles or the like for sale or for other purposes; it has for its object to provide a container of this kind which may be cheaply constructed, parts being of standard construction, which may be easily assembled, and which will be well suited for use.

The container comprises a box or tray portion which may be of standard construction, and a cover portion adapted to act as a cover for the box, as when the articles are being shipped or packed, and which may be folded back upon itself and so disposed in relation to the box so as to form a means for displaying advertising matter, and to form a support whereby the box may be held in an inclined position suitable for display.

While herein 1 describe minute details of the invention, the invention is not limited to these as the details of construction may be greatly varied without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

In the accompanying drawings showing by way of example one of many possible embodiments of the invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the display container assembled in form for displaying articles.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the container closed. the dotted lines indicating how the cover is folded back upon itself.

Fig. 3 is a face view of the blank for forming the box or tray portion. 7 i

Fig. 4 is a face view of the blank from which the cover portion is formed.

The box or tray portion 5 is formed of a single blank of material 6 scored or folded as at the lines 7 to form end walls 8 and 9 and side walls 10. The side walls 10 are extended at their ends to form flaps 11. The walls 8 9, and 10 are bent upwardly as shown in Fig. 1 to be at right angles to the. body portion 12 of the box, and the flaps 11 are folded against the end walls 8 and 9 and are glued or otherwise secured thereto. This forms a box of standard construction, and

any other suitably formed box may be substituted therefor.

The cover portion 15 may be formed of a single blank 16 (Fig. 4) scored as at 17 and provided with a top portion 18, a front end wall 19 and side walls 20 provided at their forward ends with flaps 21. The walls 19 and 20 are bent downwardly so as to be perpendicular to the top portion 18 and the flaps 21 are glued or otherwise secured to the inner'face of the end wall 19. Near the front end of the top portion 18 and parallel thereto is provided a slit 22 extending entirely across the top portion,

The side walls 20 terminate as at the ends 24, and the top portion is provided with a transverse scoring 25 extendingacross the same and terminating even with the ends 24. The top portion 18 is continued rearwardly beyond the scoring 25 inthe form of an extension 26 provided near the free end thereof with a pair of scorings 27 and 28 parallel to each other and forming therebetween a securing portion 29 having a width equal to the depth of the rear wall 9 of the box portion, This securing portion is secured to the outer face of the end wall 9 or the flaps 11 secured thereto, and the part of the extension which projects below the securing portion forms a flap 30.

The upper scoring 27 forms a sort of hinge connection whereby the top portion 18 and the extension 26 may be raised and lowered as a lid upon the box portion 5, and the cover portion may be used as an efficient covering means for closing the box when the articles therein are packed or shipped.

The top portion 18 may be folded back upon the line of scoring 25 in which position it is brought face to face with the extension 26, and the two moved to vertical position as shown in Fig. 1, whereupon the flap 30 may be inserted in theslit 22 (Fig. 1). In this position the parts are firmly held in the position shown in Fig. 1 and the device as a whole forms an efiicient display container with the box or tray portion 5 disposed in an inclined position whereby the articles therein may be conveniently viewed. In this position the inner face of the extension 26 is.

exposed to view just above the rear wall 9 and forms a convenient space upon which to paste or print suitable advertising matter.

When it is desired to close the box, the

Specification of Letters Batent. Patented Feb. 19, 1. .5918,

- flap 30 is removed from the slit 22, and the 7 with a transverse slit, said top being continued rearwardly and secured to the rear wall of the box and extending below the box to form a flap adapted to enter said slit.

2. In a display container, the combination of a box imperforate at the bottom; and a cover having a top providedwith a transverse slit, said top being continued rearwardly and secured to the rear wall of the box and extending below the box to form a flap adapted to enter-said slit.

3. In a display container, the combination of a box; and a cover having a top provided with a substantially closed transverse slit,

said top being continued rearwardly and secured to the rear wall of the box and extending below the box to form a flap adapted to enter said, slit, said top being free of openings except at said slit.

4. In a display container, the combination of a'box; and a cover having a top provided with a transverse slit extending entirely across the top, said top being continued rearwardly and secured to the rear wall of the box and extending below the box to form a flap, substantially as .wide as the box, adapted to enter said slit.

5. In a display container. the combination of a box; and a cover having a to provided with a transverse slit, said top being continued rearwardly and secured to and cover ing the rear wall of the box and extending below the box to form a flap adapted to enter said slit. a

6. In a display container, the combination of a box; and a cover having a top provided with a transverse slit, said top being con tinued rearwardly and secured to the rear wall of the box and extending below the box more than twice the depth of the box to form a flap adapted to enter said slit.

7. In a display container, the combination of a box; and a cover having a top provided with a transverse slit, said top bemg continued rearwardly and secured to the rear wall of the box and extending below the top being continued rearwardly and secured to the rear wall of the box and extending below the box to form a flap adapted to enter said slit from the side adjacent to the box, said top being free of openings except at said slit.

9. In a display container, the combination of a box-imperforate at the bottom; and a cover having a top provided with a substantially closed transverse slit extending entirely across the top and with a scorin ada ting the top to fold upon itself, sai top eing continued rearwardly and secured to and covering the rear wall of the box and extending below the box more than twice the depth of the box to form a fiap, substantially as wide as the box, adapted to enter said slit from the side adjacent to the box, said top being free of openings except at said slit.

10. In a display container, the combina-' a front end wall, side walls, and a top prpvided with a substantially permanently closed transverse slit extending entirely across the top and with a scoring near the rear end whereby the top is adapted to fold upon itself, said top being continued rearwardly of said scoring to form arear extension secured lo and covering the rear end wall of the box, and extending below the box a distance more than twice thedepth of the bqxto forma flap, substantially as wide as'the' box, adapted to enter said slit from the side adjacent to the box, said top being free from openings except at said slit.

JULIEN STRANDERS.

Witnesses GEORGE J, BARTELS, HENRY I. SIEGEL. 

